RESEARCH NEWS

More than 600 science research students and teachers from 42 NYS schools convene at the 30th Annual Upstate New York Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on March 12 and 13 at the University. The event is among the most prestigious fora in Upstate New York for students presenting original research in a symposium-style format.

The University at Albany recently hosted its Inaugural Software Carpentry Boot Camp, sponsored by the Informatics Department in the College of Computing and Information (CCI). A group of 25 UAlbany undergraduate and graduate students immersed themselves in the weekend boot camp to learn more about core computing skills.

The University at Albany will convene nationally recognized leaders for a series of conversations on the emerging frontier of health data analytics at the President's 2nd Annual Forum on Data from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the D'Ambra Auditorium, Life Sciences Research Building.

The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments. That’s because the federal report does not track online property crime, credit card fraud or identity theft, all of which are increasing, according to researchers at the University at Albany.

Allison Appleton, Sc.D., assistant professor of epidemiology at University at Albany, School of Public Health, has been selected as a JPB Environmental Health (EH) Fellow by the Harvard School of Public Health.

STUDENT RESEARCH

Two University at Albany students are combining their passion for good health with their entrepreneurial spirit and plan to launch a ready-to-drink tea called ChugaChaga by early summer. “Chaga is a very unique superfood, it’s a fungus that grows off birch trees,” said UAlbany junior Luke Evans of Bethel, N.Y.